Security-Cleared Data Architect & Engineer Lead

Accenture UK & Ireland; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture UK & Ireland is seeking a Data Architect / Senior Data Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne. You will lead the design and delivery of scalable data platforms, defining data strategies and modern AI/data products to drive client transformation.

You will mentor junior engineers, shape governance, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure secure, compliant solutions across Azure, AWS, and GCP. Hybrid role with regular client-facing engagements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in client-facing data engineering or data architecture roles.
• Experience with data architecture, modelling, and data platform design.
• Hands-on with SQL, Python, Spark, and Scala.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Security and compliance awareness.

Responsibilities

• Guide data architecture direction for projects and clients.
• Design enterprise-scale data platforms for reliability and high performance.
• Define data architecture standards, governance, and pipelines across sources.
• Lead CI/CD and DevOps integration with cloud data services.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical designs.

Skills

Data architecture

Data modelling

Data governance

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Python

SQL

Spark

Scala

CI/CD

Education

Azure Data Engineer certification

AWS Solutions Architect certification

GCP Data Engineer certification

Tools

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

Databricks

Snowflake

Power BI

PowerApps

Tableau

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Accenture UK & Ireland is seeking a Data Architect / Senior Data Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne. You will lead the design and delivery of scalable data platforms, defining data strategies and modern AI/data products to drive client transformation.

You will mentor junior engineers, shape governance, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure secure, compliant solutions across Azure, AWS, and GCP. Hybrid role with regular client-facing engagements.